Round 4: France vs. England – For England, things went from bad to worse. The pre-tournament favorite suffered a second loss of the campaign, going down 19-16 to France in Paris.

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Round 4: France vs. England – A late surge from the visitors was repelled by Les Bleus, who celebrated their second victory of this year's tournament.

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Round 4: France vs. England – England lock Courtney Lawes loses grip of a line out at the Stade de France.

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Round 4: France vs. England – Center Mathieu Bastareaud salutes the crowd. France has won both its games since his return to the side.

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Round 4: Wales vs. Italy – Wales swept to a convincing 38-14 win over Italy at the Principality Stadium, where Leigh Halfpenny is seen making a break.

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Round 4: Wales vs. Italy – George North made his first start of the campaign, bagging two of his side's five tries.

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Round 4: Wales vs. Italy – Italy's search for a Six Nations win goes on. The Azzurri did muster two scores in Cardiff through Matteo Minozzi and Mattia Bellini.

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Round 3: Scotland vs. England – Scotland's flanker John Barclay kisses the Calcutta Cup after his side's 25-13 victory over England at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. It was the first time Scotland has beaten its oldest rival in ten years.

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Round 3: Scotland vs. England – Center Huw Jones bagged a brace. The second was his tenth in 14 internationals.

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Round 3: Scotland vs. England – For England, it was its second defeat under coach Eddie Jones in 26 games, the first coming against Ireland in last year's Six Nations.

Round 3: Ireland vs. Wales – Victory means Ireland is the only side at this stage to maintain its 100% record in this year's Six Nations.

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Round 3: France vs. Italy – France, meanwhile, notched its first victory of the campaign by defeating Italy 34-17. Hugo Bonneval crossed in the second half to seal the win.

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Round 3: France vs. Italy – The loss was Italy's 15th consecutive Six Nations defeat across three seasons. Coach Conor O'Shea is yet to pick up a win in the tournament.

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Round 3: France vs. Italy – The match was played at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille -- the first time ever France has hosted a Six Nations game away from Paris.

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Round 2: England vs. Wales – England's Owen Farrell celebrates his side's 12-6 victory over Wales during the second weekend of the Six Nations.

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Round 2: England vs. Wales – The home side raced into an early lead at Twickenham courtesy of two Jonny May tries. But controversy soon followed...

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Round 2: England vs. Wales – After Anthony Watson (C) and Gareth Anscombe (R) dived at a kick in England's in-goal area, the television match official ruled that Watson had touched the ball down first. Wales coach Warren Gatland felt his side was denied a try, calling the decision a "terrible mistake" in what turned out to be a tightly-contested affair.

Round 1: France vs. Ireland – Controversy arose in the game after France's Antoine Dupont was sent for a head injury assessment (HIA) despite appearing to injure his knee. The HIA call enabled France, who had used all of their substitutes, to reintroduce starting scrum half Maxime Machenaud as a temporary replacement during the game's closing stages.

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Round 1: France vs. Ireland – The dramatic nature of Ireland's late victory left the French crowd dejected.

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Round 1: Wales vs. Scotland – Scotland was another side to feel the blues on the opening weekend, succumbing 34-7 to Wales in Cardiff.

"We started really well, and had a few chances in their 22, just didn't take them. But Jacob Stockdale got another two tries, and we got over for the bonus point in the end, so now we look ahead to Twickenham," said man-of-the-match Rob Kearney.

It is the third championship in five years for Joe Schmidt's men, who will be eying only the third Grand Slam in the history of Irish rugby, the last in 2009, in the Twickenham clash with England next Saturday.

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Ireland fell behind early to a Greig Laidlaw penalty for the Scots, buoyed by its upset victory over England in the previous round of matches.

But Stockdale struck after 20 minutes as he intercepted a long pass by Peter Horne and ran in for a try, converted by Johnny Sexton.

Scotland was left to rue a missed opportunity when Huw Jones failed to find Stuart Hogg in the clear in the Irish 22.

Stockdale scored his second try in the final move of the first half after a superb run by Kearney, with Sexton slotting over from the touchline to leave Ireland 14-3 ahead at the break.